Marwood
@marwoodlennox.bsky.social
Tragically one of those internet intellectuals
Ok yeah, this is going to end up being a massive legal trainwreck.
falkner argues the bathroom ban will be self-enforcing
just like *checks notes* . . . traffic laws
just like *checks notes* . . . traffic laws
December 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Ok yeah, this is going to end up being a massive legal trainwreck.
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Another hard shift at the blow job factory
December 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Another hard shift at the blow job factory
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When you think of it, No Nut November is edgy and harmful bullshit which never should have been invented and any proper dualist movement should seek to abolish it.
December 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
When you think of it, No Nut November is edgy and harmful bullshit which never should have been invented and any proper dualist movement should seek to abolish it.
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Pepe the Frog as a character is biromantic-coded, so you might want to tone down the loathing.
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Pepe the Frog as a character is biromantic-coded, so you might want to tone down the loathing.
On a train sitting across from two hyperactive, I would guess, five year old brothers and their harried parents, and now am contemplating whether I should get a vasectomy.
December 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
On a train sitting across from two hyperactive, I would guess, five year old brothers and their harried parents, and now am contemplating whether I should get a vasectomy.
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As we discussed at the time, the hilarious thing about thet was the rioters were people these commentators would cross the street to avoid, and refer to in a rather derogatory manner, somehow transformed into a True Volk
December 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
As we discussed at the time, the hilarious thing about thet was the rioters were people these commentators would cross the street to avoid, and refer to in a rather derogatory manner, somehow transformed into a True Volk
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that this didn't work, despite a full court press and a corporate rebranding, I think, points to some pretty hard limits of the hype framework for understanding tech. it's useful, but probably shouldn't be central.
He really thought this was the future
December 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
that this didn't work, despite a full court press and a corporate rebranding, I think, points to some pretty hard limits of the hype framework for understanding tech. it's useful, but probably shouldn't be central.
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I do not think the USA in its current state is capable of handling Scotland playing Brazil, in Miami, with an 11pm kickoff
December 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I do not think the USA in its current state is capable of handling Scotland playing Brazil, in Miami, with an 11pm kickoff
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The ur-text is the Tom Utley column from about 20 years ago which went "my dad had a column in the times and I went to private school, now I've got a column in the times but I can't afford to send my kids to private school, what the hell is up with this bullshit"
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The ur-text is the Tom Utley column from about 20 years ago which went "my dad had a column in the times and I went to private school, now I've got a column in the times but I can't afford to send my kids to private school, what the hell is up with this bullshit"
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Switched my location to the US to read something and now I'm getting Instagram adverts for bulletproof classroom doors. Beyond parody.
December 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Switched my location to the US to read something and now I'm getting Instagram adverts for bulletproof classroom doors. Beyond parody.
The actual answer to that is "government funding" btw.
Odd how you never hear "We should run business like a university."
Especially since the original model for corporate charters was much more university-like: specifically justified for a public good.
Especially since the original model for corporate charters was much more university-like: specifically justified for a public good.
the reason its bad to run universities like businesses is that almost all businesses fail on any reasonable timeline of evaluation.
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
December 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The actual answer to that is "government funding" btw.
It's the number on the left that needs explaining there.
December 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
It's the number on the left that needs explaining there.
Completely absent from the discussion here is what Blair actually wants to see done differently apart from some bobbins about carbon capture.
Tony Blair ‘planning major intervention’ over Labour’s future
Tony Blair ‘planning major intervention’ over Labour’s future
Tony Blair ‘planning major intervention’ over Labour’s future
www.independent.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Completely absent from the discussion here is what Blair actually wants to see done differently apart from some bobbins about carbon capture.
A lot of that document about the US admin helping the far right could have been written in 2003-2005.
December 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A lot of that document about the US admin helping the far right could have been written in 2003-2005.
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doomerism is a product of a bad combination in which irrational right-wing enthusiasm reinforces (and is reinforced by) left-wing pessimism
part of the reason i've got such contempt for the doomerism around "they don't think they'll have to win an election again" is that this belief — which i agree some of them hold — critically endangers the entire project, it doesn't strengthen it. they are incapable of shifting strategy or pivoting.
it is actually a major fucking political problem for this administration that they have key decision makers who believe the GOP will never have to win a fair election again
December 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
doomerism is a product of a bad combination in which irrational right-wing enthusiasm reinforces (and is reinforced by) left-wing pessimism
Fed should hike more.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Fed should hike more.
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A little perturbed by latest Facebook recommendation
December 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A little perturbed by latest Facebook recommendation
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At last we have constructed Plato’s Cave from the seminal work of philosophy “Don’t Construct Plato’s Cave”
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
At last we have constructed Plato’s Cave from the seminal work of philosophy “Don’t Construct Plato’s Cave”
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Crikey, imagine reading this 2025 sentence from a major-media publication back in 1996
December 6, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Crikey, imagine reading this 2025 sentence from a major-media publication back in 1996
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Every interview with a right-wing politician is like: "Mr. Hitler is adamant: If we sacrifice enough children, Santa Claus will come back and deliver 5% GDP growth. But I have to ask him: Do you ever worry that your relentless advocacy for working folks offends the rootless cosmopolitan parasites?"
I don’t get how Jenrick can actually believe that we should shrink the population and then start making more of our own things from pots and pans to what iPhones? How does he think that happens?
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Every interview with a right-wing politician is like: "Mr. Hitler is adamant: If we sacrifice enough children, Santa Claus will come back and deliver 5% GDP growth. But I have to ask him: Do you ever worry that your relentless advocacy for working folks offends the rootless cosmopolitan parasites?"
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Catholic Gazette from 1963. Prayers for JFK, and an article on the cancellation of that was the week that was that argues its brand of satire leads to the camps.
December 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Catholic Gazette from 1963. Prayers for JFK, and an article on the cancellation of that was the week that was that argues its brand of satire leads to the camps.
I am in Belfast, and there seems to be a lot of development going on. Good.
December 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I am in Belfast, and there seems to be a lot of development going on. Good.
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The essence of Blue Labour thought is that somewhere in Downing Street there is a button marked “reindustrialise” that Tony Blair could have pressed, but instead he opted for the “more Woke Studies” button.
My brother in Christ, reindustrialization is based on international capital flows, not dumbass ideas to move down the value chain by turning colleges into vocational schools. You do realize that modern industry is almost always *high* skilled automation?
Read your Michael Pettis, you utter clown.
Read your Michael Pettis, you utter clown.
No reindustrialising? Our academic institutions are a part of the problem, overproducing elites and funnelling them into bullshit unproductive jobs. Half the universities need to close or become vocational colleges. You didn't even mention productivity.
Brexit is in the past. That ship has sailed.
Brexit is in the past. That ship has sailed.
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The essence of Blue Labour thought is that somewhere in Downing Street there is a button marked “reindustrialise” that Tony Blair could have pressed, but instead he opted for the “more Woke Studies” button.
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Fun fact: Donald Trump is the first person to do the draw for both the 5th Round of the League Cup and the World Cup
Infantino to Trump: "You have to basically mingle the balls a little bit"
December 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Fun fact: Donald Trump is the first person to do the draw for both the 5th Round of the League Cup and the World Cup
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Breaking News: Frank Gehry, a titan of architecture, has died at 96. He designed some of the world’s most recognizable buildings — many widely regarded as masterpieces. nyti.ms/4rGCYiE
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Breaking News: Frank Gehry, a titan of architecture, has died at 96. He designed some of the world’s most recognizable buildings — many widely regarded as masterpieces. nyti.ms/4rGCYiE